girls:
5.7k births since 1909
#2195 (62nd percentile)
overall:
5.7k births since 1909
#3586 (54th percentile)
The name Gaye is the #3,586 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,747 recorded births since 1909. This represents the 53.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,195 (61.6% percentile) for all time with 5,747 births since 1909.
Gaye first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1909 (first recorded for girls in 1909). Birth data for Gaye is available in 67 out of the 68 years between 1909 and 1976. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Gaye reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 31.7% percentile (ranked #527) with 129 births per million. The name was most common in 1960, with 129 births per million (ranked 31.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1976.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gaye".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Gaye. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Gaye is pronounced as gay, which has 1 syllables.
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